Global Patent Index - EP 4189223 A1

EP 4189223 A1 20230607 - MULTI-STAGE SERIAL TURBO-GENERATOR SYSTEM FOR SUPERCRITICAL CO2 POWER CYCLES

Title (en)

MULTI-STAGE SERIAL TURBO-GENERATOR SYSTEM FOR SUPERCRITICAL CO2 POWER CYCLES

Title (de)

MEHRSTUFIGES SERIELLES TURBOGENERATORSYSTEM FÜR SUPERKRITISCHE CO2-LEISTUNGSZYKLEN

Title (fr)

SYSTÈME TURBOGÉNÉRATEUR SÉRIE À ÉTAGES MULTIPLES POUR CYCLES DE PUISSANCE À CO2 SUPERCRITIQUE

Publication

EP 4189223 A1 20230607 (EN)

Application

EP 21865165 A 20210903

Priority

  • US 202063074766 P 20200904
  • US 2021049006 W 20210903

Abstract (en)

[origin: US2022077798A1] A supercritical CO2 turbo-generator system is disclosed. The turbo-generator system comprises: a plurality of turbine generator units (200A-200C), a direct current bus (410), a plurality of active rectifiers (290A-290C), and a voltage controller (280). Each of plurality of turbine generator units comprises: a turbine (312) with a supercritical CO2 input and a supercritical CO2 output, a generator (326) with an electrical input and power output, a shaft (314) connecting the turbine and generator, and a speed sensor (327) for determining a speed of the associated shaft. The plurality of turbine generator units are connected in the form of a cascading series with the input of a first turbine generator unit (200A) connected to a source of heated supercritical CO2. The input of a second turbine generator unit (200B) is connected to the output of the first turbine generator unit. The input of a third turbine generator unit (200C) is connected to the output of the second turbine generator unit. The voltage controller (280) is configured to monitor the speed sensor (327) of each of the plurality of turbine generator units and vary the load on each generator (230A-230C) to control shaft (314) speed. Each of the plurality of active rectifiers (290A-290C) then converts the power output of a generator (230A-230C) to direct current, and the power from the plurality of active rectifiers then combined by the direct current bus.

IPC 8 full level

F01K 25/10 (2006.01); F01D 15/10 (2006.01); F01D 21/00 (2006.01); F01K 7/32 (2006.01); F01K 13/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP KR US)

F01D 15/10 (2013.01 - EP KR US); F01D 21/003 (2013.01 - EP KR); F01K 7/32 (2013.01 - EP); F01K 25/065 (2013.01 - EP); F01K 25/103 (2013.01 - EP); F02C 1/02 (2013.01 - US); F02C 1/05 (2013.01 - EP KR); H02P 9/305 (2013.01 - EP KR US); F05B 2210/13 (2013.01 - EP KR); F05D 2220/32 (2013.01 - US); F05D 2220/76 (2013.01 - EP US); F05D 2220/768 (2013.01 - EP KR); F05D 2270/80 (2013.01 - EP KR)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

Designated validation state (EPC)

KH MA MD TN

DOCDB simple family (publication)

US 11689130 B2 20230627; US 2022077798 A1 20220310; CN 116324131 A 20230623; EP 4189223 A1 20230607; EP 4189223 A4 20241002; JP 2023541006 A 20230927; KR 20230058519 A 20230503; WO 2022051586 A1 20220310

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 202117446816 A 20210902; CN 202180067848 A 20210903; EP 21865165 A 20210903; JP 2023515154 A 20210903; KR 20237011292 A 20210903; US 2021049006 W 20210903